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bartering
First people bartered to get the things they wanted. But there was a poblem with it. Things were too big to store and they weren't very durable. -
cows
Cattle, which throughout history and across the globe have included not only cows but also sheep, camels, and other livestock, are the first and oldest form of money. -
cowrie shells
The first use of cowries, the shells of a mollusc that was widely available in the shallow waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, was in China. Historically, many societies have used cowries as money,